1) Nancy Sue Wilson - … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Nancy Sue Wilson - jazz diva best known for her 60s standards recordings.
2) Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson - singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and member of the group Heart.
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1) Nancy Sue Wilson (born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, OH, United States – December 13, 2018, in Pioneertown, CA, United States) was a jazz diva famous for recording American standards in the 60s.
She was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets -- and even hosting her own television variety program -- she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley -- arguably her finest recordings -- further cemented her growing fame and reputation.
In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.
In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook.
Wilson died from a long-illness on December 13, 2018 at her home in Pioneertown, California at the age of 81.
2) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson (born March 16, 1954, San Francisco, CA, United States), more popularly known as Nancy Wilson, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Along with her older sister Ann Wilson, she is part of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart. She is married to film director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe and has composed and performed music for most of Crowe's movies, including Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown.
While Ann is the lead singer on most of the Heart recordings, Nancy is the lead vocalist on Treat Me Well, These Dreams, Stranded, There's the Girl and Will You Be There (In The Morning), and frequently performs background vocals. She is also the band's rhythm and lead guitarist. In 1999, she released a live solo album, Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop.
Solo albums
1999 - Live At McCabes Guitar Shop
2005 - Elizabethtown
2009 - Baby Guitars
2016 - Undercover Guitar (with Julie Bergman)
2021 - You and Me
In A Sentimental Mood
Nancy Wilson Lyrics
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I can see the stars come thru my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
In A Sentimental Mood
I can see the stars come thru my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of ev'ry kiss
Drift a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss you make my
Paradise complete
Rose pearls seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's lighter thing
Since you made me this night a thing divine
In A Sentimental Mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt
That you'd be loving sentimental me
The song "In A Sentimental Mood" by Nancy Wilson reveals the singer's feelings of overwhelming love and affection towards their significant other. The opening line, "I can see the stars come thru my room," sets the scene of a peaceful night where the singer is reflecting on their deep connection with their partner. The line "While your loving attitude is like a flame that lights the gloom" suggests that the love between the two individuals is passionate and all-consuming.
The lyrics "On the wings of ev'ry kiss, drift a melody so strange and sweet" highlights the power of their physical affection, which creates a musical ecstasy within the singer. The phrase "Rose pearls seem to fall" symbolizes the beauty and magic of their love. The singer describes how their heart is lighter and how their experience is dreamlike since they've become sentimental with their significant other.
Overall, the song is a romantic ballad that encapsulates the depth of love and how it can create a world so heavenly, beyond one's wildest dreams, a place where we all hope to find ourselves at some point.
Line by Line Meaning
I can see the stars come thru my room
I am in a peaceful state, lying in bed and observing the stars shining brightly outside my window.
While your loving attitude Is like a flame that lights the gloom
Your affectionate and caring behavior has the power to eliminate any darkness or negativity in my life and bring light and happiness.
On the wings of ev'ry kiss Drift a melody so strange and sweet
With each kiss, a beautiful and unique melody of love and joy is created and carried on the wings of our affection.
In this sentimental bliss you make my Paradise complete
Your presence and love fill me with a sense of contentment and joy that transforms my life into a paradise.
Rose pearls seem to fall It's all like a dream to call you mine
Everything feels magical and perfect in this moment, like rose petals falling gently around us, and I feel lucky to call you mine.
My heart's lighter thing Since you made me this night a thing divine
My heart feels lighter and happier than ever before, all thanks to you and the divine love we share on this special night.
I'm within a world so heavenly For I never dreamt That you'd be loving sentimental me
I feel like I'm living in a heavenly world because I never thought someone as amazing as you would ever love someone as sentimental and emotional as me.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
ANNALAW
Beauty, intelligence, class..........The essence of a lady...I have always admired Mrs. Wilson and aspired all of my life to posses her elegance!!!!!!!! A toast to mother Wilson.......My mother loved her!!!!!
Brute Chieftain
This rendition has a certain magic to it.
Vavin209
So full of soul! My favorite singer ever!
Darwin Stith
Nancy Wilson deserved a Grammy for this recording. Even most critics agree it's about as close to Perfection as you can get.
illj25
I was grateful to see her live 7 yrs ago in Miami. She sounded just the same, STILL.
Leon Gardner
Wow... Fancy Ms. WILSON does it like no one else. Sweet memories!!THANKS FOR POSTING
tango2
Gorgeous & magical voice of Nancy Wilson transports the listener...
Doc Kraft
The most soulful moving version of that song I've ever heard! ..and it wouldn't be ...with out that piano & upright base backing also😎
Aspirica James
Oh my! Beautiful :)
Dee Dee Hollie
Rest In Peace Queen. We will miss you❤️❤️